Show Notes

“I try and listen to everything, including things I hate, because I think that broadens my ears, and it’s interesting to listen to things that you don’t like and, kind of, analyse why you might not like it…”

In this episode, Rachel Bruerville reflects on her musical upbringing as a singer and cellist, her growing interest in environmental science, and then the late realisation that she actually wanted to be a composer. She talks with David John Lang about how she loves to compose with words and what she hopes her music can achieve, and then tackles the fraught question of what it means to be an “Australian composer”.